Government and the American Economy: A New HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 2008 M09 15 - 560 páginas The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this success has been widespread participation in political and economic processes. In The Government and the American Economy, leading economic historians chronicle the significance of America’s open-access society and the roles played by government in its unrivaled success story. |
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... regulation of the number of firms have been tried and then abandoned. Many northern state gov- ernments chose to eliminate slavery early in their history, although slav- ery's ultimate demise across the country required a terrible civil ...
... regulations in “the public interest” that impose limits on behavior and contracts. The Supreme Court affirmed this right to regulate in Munn v. Illinois (1877) by ruling that the grain warehouse company Munn and Scott had to abide by ...
... Regulation One of the leading arguments for government involvement in the economy is the market failure argument. Markets can fail to allocate goods and services efficiently in several situations. Market economies combined with common ...
... regulation might be optimal for some groups or areas but be subopti- mal for others. Thus the best choice between ... regulatory settings. Regula- tions can confer significant economic advantages to subgroups of pro- ducers. For example ...
... regulations can favor certain classes of producers. Meanwhile, regulation of elec- tric utility prices can favor consumers rather than producers of goods. To take another example, rent controls benefit renters who have rights to remain ...
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37 | |
3 The Founding Era 1774 1791 | 56 |
4 Property Rights and Federal Land Policy | 89 |
Government and the Financial System since 1789 | 115 |
6 The National Era | 148 |
7 The Civil War and Reconstruction | 188 |
8 Government and the American Dilemma | 232 |
13 The New Deal | 384 |
14 The World Wars | 431 |
15 The Growth of US Farm Programs | 456 |
The Role of the South | 490 |
17 Seeking Security in the Postwar Era | 507 |
APPENDIX A Key Indicators of Economic and Government Activity | 557 |
APPENDIX B The Articles of Confederation | 571 |
APPENDIX C The Constitution of the United States | 581 |
9 The Gilded Age | 255 |
10 The Progressive Era | 288 |
Labor Education and Health | 323 |
From Patronage to Civil Service | 364 |
APPENDIX D The Bill of Rights | 593 |
INDEX | 595 |
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Government and the American Economy: A New History Price V. Fishback Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |